by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 27, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Over 60% of Africa’s population is under 25 years old. That makes it the world’s youngest region! Advancing access to family planning for young women and girls is consistently shown to elevate society and lead to significant economic gains. Family planning has made...
by Eva Herrmann | Oct 23, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Youth, Youth Empowerment
In order to deliver effective advocacy on family planning (FP) and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), a well-crafted organisational strategy – as well as an in-depth understanding of the surrounding advocacy ecosystem – is required. In...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 13, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
What has changed since the start of the pandemic? We used to have sessions in schools, community dialogues and youth forums. Now, because of COVID-19, we cannot have a gathering of many people, and that has reduced the flow of information. The youths can still access...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 8, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
World Contraception Day (WCD) is an important family planning event that takes place on September 26 each year. Launched in 2007, WCD’s mission is to help drive awareness around the need for contraception, and to enable young people to make informed choices on...
by Jan Kreutzberg | Aug 12, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
Today we celebrate International Youth Day, the theme of which is, “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. I find the timing of this theme extremely appropriate given the current global situation and the urgent need for more proactive measures to ensure young people’s...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Aug 12, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
To mark International Youth Day 2020, we are celebrating our four recent interviewees in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, all of whom are devoted to empowering youth and extending youth education on SRHR issues in their community. This year’s theme, Youth Engagement for Global...